I know there are some aps out there for the Liturgy of the Hours, daily Mass readings, etc. etc. but I’m new to all this and don’t know where to start–I could be missing out on a lot. I have done searches for “Catholic” in the Android market, but that didn’t result in much luck. All I found was a combination of too many aps that had nothing to do with Catholic, and the few that I did find weren’t of much interest or use. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong place because I see a lot of posts here that make reference to different smart-phone aps but I just can’t locate them.

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Great! It works. The titles for the hours are in Italian (just the titles), but the text is in English. I can work with that. It'll be very helpful for travel.

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Ya, I'm not sure why, they used to be in English, but the most recent update changed them. The app is designed by an Italian priest and I wonder if he just forgot to translate those. :shrug:

The Android Marketplace is increasing it’s number of Catholic apps all of the time, but most droids can access websites just fine and view content as well, so don’t let applications limit you. Take advantage of internet searches.

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Great! It works. The titles for the hours are in Italian (just the titles), but the text is in English. I can work with that. It'll be very helpful for travel.

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I have the iBreviary app for my iPod Touch and the default language is Italian. You can change it to English in the settings. I'm not familiar with Android-based apps, but you might want to see if you can do the same.

I have the iBreviary app for my iPod Touch and the default language is Italian. You can change it to English in the settings. I’m not familiar with Android-based apps, but you might want to see if you can do the same.

Tried that. It does make the default language for the text English, but the names of the Hours still show in Italian–not a problem though.

Tried that. It does make the default language for the text English, but the names of the Hours still show in Italian–not a problem though.

Curiously, in the time I posted my response and now, I got a Droid phone and have the iBreviary app on it. Mine does the same. I think I’ll drop them a line – perhaps they can fix it in a future update.

I'm posting the following because Mantis Bible Study is planning on an Android version in the near future:

For those interested in Catholic Bible study on the iPhone or iPod Touch, there is a very real possibility of getting the best Bible Study app on the iPhone/iPod (Mantis Bible Study) to make the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (By Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch) available on their software. Its in the works but what we need now is for Catholics and/or Eastern Orthodox Christians to voice interest in possibly buying it if they were to make it available. I've spoken to both Ignatius Press and Mantis Bible Company and what we need is a display of interest (obviously they need to know that someone other than your's truly is going to buy it.)

I've posted all the details on this thread in the "popular media" section of the CA Forums.

Or you can just head straight to the Mantis Website's forums, read my recommendation and post a reply voicing interest (only if its genuine interest in possibly buying it if it comes available). That recommendation is here

I love the numerous Catholic apps available for my iTouch, particularly iPieta (also iConfess - what a great name for an app!). I am very disappointed with those available for my new HTC Incredible. Great phone, with all the bells and whistles, but lousy as an aid to my faith.

So far I have only loaded Catholic Mass Daily Readings and iBreviary (since they're free), but still hope for a droid version of iPieta.

Actualy, just search using keywords like Catholic, Rosary, Jesus, Liturgy in the Google Marketplace will yield this treasure troves of apps. Not as plentiful as On iOS (where you can find like over 20 rosaries), but at least Android now got most of the bases covered.

I've had my android phone(HTC Desire) for more than a year but to be honest I don't know anything about apps:o
I was just looking if I can get a bible pdf download. I have one about the rosary and different prayers but it's not an app. It's a pdf file that you read with the PDF Viewer.
Anyways....I just downloaded an app which is supposed to be the Catholic Bible. It seems to work although it doesn't seem perfect but it's nice to have.

I intend to get a tablet pc at some point and it woukd be nice to have a bible version thatt feels like a real bible(if you know what I mean) and you can flip the pages.
It would also be nice to have all sorts of Catholic books for it that you can always take with you.

Lui, the app you found - Catholic One is one of the best Catholic apps in the Android market. As several posters in this thread had attested.

As I had said, you can find plenty of good apps (many free) with a Catholic leaning in the official Google Marketplace. Just search using terms like Catholic, Liturgy, etc. and read the reviews or description, to be sure.

As for a good bible, most of the FREE bibles are of the public domains ones that uses older forms of English. The Douay-Rheims is the one in Public Domain that has a Catholic roots. Newer ones like WEB, ESV, lacks some books that are in the Catholic version. If you are willing to pay a small sum ($30 or so), you can get the NAB version from Olivetree.com. Buy it from their website! That way, you can use it on any device you may have (Android phone, tablet, iPod, etc. It's buy once use anywhere!)

As for Catholic books, most of the original writings from long ago (Thomas Aquinas, etc) are in public domain. Project Gutenberg might have them. Or again, if you are willing to shell out a little cash, you can get them preformatted from Amazon (Kindle). Summa Theologia is $2.99 The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Optimized for Kindle) is $0.89. As said, these are public domain works, so you are paying for the convenience, since they are probably available somewhere in the internet for free.

I guess the market for this is slowly expanding and in the future you will get most books. I really find it practical. For instance today I went for lunch and while waiting for my food, I just read in the bible which I now have on my phone with me all the time.